Shelling, air strikes persist in Sudan capital

Battles and shelling continued in the vicinity of the General Command of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum with artillery and armoured vehicles yesterday, with warplanes reportedly flying overhead and striking various targets in the capital.

Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that the vicinity of the radio and television building witnessed the hitherto fiercest battles of its kind at dawn yesterday, while clashes between the army and the RSF moved towards the El Soug El Shaabi market in Omdurman and the El Doha area.

The Sudanese Foreign Affairs Ministry said that work on the El Manara water station in Omdurman was temporarily suspended to measure the impact of toxins on water, after it was bombed by the RSF.

The ministry added that the El Manara water station is one of the main stations in Omdurman, especially in Karari, and its suspension exposes the entire city to the risk of a water shortage.

Intense confrontations continued over the past weeks between the SAF and the paramilitary RSF in the Sudan capital Khartoum, and its sister cities Omdurman and Khartoum North.